County Fruit Expands Big Future Seen
North Texas farmers gear up for the 195¢ Peach and Vegetable Festival in Bowie and Montague County. The event features a fruit and vegetable show, a research station tour, and talks by A&M and extension staff, with Norman Heath as show chair and Ted Martin leading the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Fruit Land U S.A. Marketing Association
Amon Carter
Pelham Park
Montague
John Larsen
Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&m University
Neil Tibbets
Cooke County
Ted Martin
Denton
Agricultural Extension Service of
Texas Axm University
Brooks Smith
Montague County
Leo Orrell
Marketing Association
Arkansas Dog Tops UKC Hunt Here
Bally a handsome Walker dog from Rogers Arkansas won top honors at the UKC registered coon hunt and bench show held here Saturday. Jim Stratton of Rogers owns the champion, crowned in both the afternoon bench show and the evening hunt. Fifty seven dogs entered the night hunt with winners listed from Texas Oklahoma and Oklahoma. The next Big Sandy Coon Hunters Association event is the first Saturday night in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Bally
Rogers
Ark
Jim Stratton
Big Sandy Coon Hunters Association
Larry Nabors
de Leon
Texas
Nabor
Mississippi Hobo
Joe Prestwood
Otis Frazier
Frazier
Red River
Burt Martin
San Angelo
Burt
Posey Joe Hanson
Kowie
Hanson
Jack
Broom
Blue Kate
Tick
Tom L. Broom
Gorman
Wilcox Black
Salty
M. F. Wilcox
Duncan, Oklo
Big Sandy
Rogers, Ark
Ballie
Cattle Sale Sets Record as 9000 Head Sold at VT Worth
Ranchers Norris Gant T O Morgan and FE Parker participated in the Special Hereford Angusr feeder stocker calf show and sale in Fort Worth. The stockyards reported the day’s sale as the highest in history with more than 9 000 head of cattle sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vt. Worth
Norris Gant
T. O and
Terry Morgan
FE. Parker
Fruit Land U S A High Gear As Peach Harvest Opens
The Fruit Land U S A marketing association in Bowie begins its peach harvest with Dixie Gem Ranger Elberta types. Norman Heath notes shipments to Dallas Fort Worth Irving and as far as Kansas City Denver and Lubbock. Twenty six producers are members with many small growers benefiting from the program.
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Fruit Land
U.S.A
Peach
Bowie
Norman Heath
Dallas
Fort Worth
Irving
Kansas City
Denver
Lubbock
Ranger
Earry Wheeler
Elbertas
Charges Filed In Local Shooting Case In Montague County
Andy Nored, Bowie oil well service operator, faces assault with intent to kill charges after a Saturday shooting at his residence. Richard Nored, his cousin, was wounded in the back and taken to Bowie Memorial Hospital in not serious condition. The case goes before the Montague County Grand Jury. Andy Nored is released on $5,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Nored
Peach Festival schedule brings pageant parade and crowning
The First North Central Texas Fruit and Vegetable Festival unfolds in Bowie on Friday with tours of the Montague experiment station and a soil dam, bus departures every 30 minutes from 7:30 a.m. A Queen contest at 10 a.m. marshalling luncheon by Murray Cox from WFAA at Morrow's Cafe, street parade at 2 p.m. with queen riders in new cars, Old Fiddler contest at 4:30, King and Queen judging at 6:90, and Queen crowning at 3 p.m. at Carter Pavilion. five cent votes for candidates Joe Spray, Franklin Wilson, and James Doughty.
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North Texas
Montague County
Bowie
Montague
Fruit Land USA
Bowie National Park
Murray Cox
Farm News
WFAA
Dallas
Morrow’s
Bowie Auto
Peach Fuzz
Joe Spray
Kiwanis Club
Franklin Wilson
The
Lions Club
James
Doughty
Rotary Club
Carter Pavilion
Montague County Grand Jury Returns Seventeen Indictments
Seventeen indictments were returned by the Montague County Grand Jury last week. Several cases awaiting consignment were postponed due to witness vacations or illness. The panel will reconvene soon to address the skipped matters. Indicted individuals include Jimmy Joe McGee Jack L Langford George Lafoon Jerry Don Kilpatrick for burglary and Roy Lee Brown Aaron Q Bratcher Roy Lee Carter Claude Shaver Billy Don Coynelison for two counts of forgery and passing forged instruments. O A Wilson Donald R Clement Raymond K Richardson and Sharon Lee McDaniel charged with defrauding by worthless checks Estelle Nichos swindling by worthless checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Joe McGee
Jack L. Langford
George Douglas Lafoon
Jerry Don Kilpatrick
Roy Lee Brown
Aaron Q. Bratcher
Roy Lee Carter
Claude Shaver
Billy Don Coynelison
O. A. Wilson
Donald R. Clement
Raymond K. Richard Ison
Sharon Lee McDaniel
Estelle Nicho
Fireworks vs Fire Water Stirs Weekend Quandary
A. Nea Travis Lorg notes fireworks caused less trouble than alcohol over the weekend. Independence Day prompts plans to take wives wherever they wish. A Bowie furniture factory inquiry and a youth center need arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Lorg
Bowie
Don Crow to resign from City Council
City Councilman Don Crow will resign this month and move his family to Hurst. He will become administrator of a Hurst nursing home after years of service in Bowie. Mrs. Crow expressed remorse yet felt the opportunity was too good to pass up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Crow
Hurst
Crow
Bowie
Farm Bureau Picnic Tonight
Montague County Farm Bureau directors host their annual supper at the fruit laboratory site. The event welcomes visiting county agents and others camping at the experiment station the night before the field day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Montague County Farm Bureau
Fruit Laboratory
Montague Organization
Nine Year Old Girl Struck by Auto in City Intersection
Rita Howie, 9, was hit by an automobile at the Nelson and Matthews intersection. She received abrasions and was treated at the Bowie Clinic and admitted to Memorial Hospital. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Howie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Howie
Bowie Clinic
Nelson and
Matthews
Rita
R. L
Ten Memorial Hospital
Ad cancellation request noted for Bowie News classified
Mrs Ruby E Cook asks Bowie News to confirm ad cancelation after paying for four inserts with the last week of June. She still receives reply letters and wants no further responses, noting a strong selling power of the Bowie News and inviting new classified ads via TR 2 2247 and Miss Classy Fred.
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Bowie News
Remé
TR 2-2247
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Biueffords G. Hancock
Staniey F. Oakley
Grayson County
Jack Ro Runkles
A&m
al Petty
Denton County
Joe E. Cole
John Holland Clay
Darrell W. Brown
Jack County
Ralph E. Lindsey
Palo Pinto County
Bob L. Greenway
Paul A. Jenkins
Billy R. Thane Wise
Frank Bumpus
Tom Conlan
Arkansas
Prestwood
Jim
Jim Winter
Pete Guthrie
Statler Hilton
Guthries
Lake Country Club
Stanley Arrington
Stanley
Ray Barber
Stan
Chamber of Commerce
VFW
Fruit Land U.S
Ronnie Tucker
Owen Barnes
Neil Bryson
Heath
California
Florida
Louisiana
Georgia
Howard Middleton
Nom
Sexse
A. Nea
Loma Industries
Ft. Worth, Texas
Smythe St. Bowie, Texas
Ruby E. Cook
Theatre Arte
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Theatre Arts
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Memorial Auditorium
Falls
David Rowe
New York
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